Terry Thompson is a director of the ARDC, and has a long history in many things to do with cars and motoring, including the New South Wales Road Safety Advisory Council and a whole pile of motoring clubs, including the 48 and FJ. Holden Owners Club. [Read More]
General Motors is now seen as a pariah because of retiring the Holden brand in Australia. But David Brown reports that while GM has made some huge mistakes, there were times when they were good for Holden. [Read More]
One of the criticisms of Holden was that it kept building big, rear wheel drive cars to tackle the Australian conditions. David Brown, notes that hindsight is easy. [Read More]
The demise of the Australian car industry is often blamed on the Button Plan of 1985. David Brown gives us some perspective of what it was and what it tried to do. [Read More]
The name Holden spanned the car manufacturing period that went from small innovative craft companies to huge manufactures seeking economies of scale. As David Brown reports. [Read More]
Alan Finlay is a great friend of the program and is a respected traffic engineer and transport planner. His family has had twelve Holdens over the years with a predominance in the early part, I believe. [Read More]
The first Holden was said to be Australian made for Australian conditions. David Brown ponders on how good was it for the times and was it different from the opposition. [Read More]
Holdens demise has prompted us to reminisce with a regular listener about his families history with Holden over the years. 12 Holdens in total starting with the iconic FJ Holden through. Yes Holden was part of the Australian family fabric. [Read More]
Former manufacturing workers have struggled to find stable full-time employment two years after the closure of the automotive industry in Australia. [Read More]
Is Holden finished in Australia – The short answer is YES but they haven’t announced it yet. It seems that everything you look at and the continual assertions that they are committed to Australia all seem to indicate that the once iconic Australian brand is on the way out. [Read More]
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